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Publisher
National Portrait Gallery
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Drawing on the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, this volume celebrates the variety and complexity of portraiture. It draws together icons from Shakespeare to Audrey Hepburn alongside less well-known sitters that provide insight into the representation of identity in portraits. It is structured around a series of key themes and each section includes a selection of works from a range of periods.
3) The Duke
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in 1961 when Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery's history. Kempton sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government agreed to provide television for free to the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. Only 50 years later did the full...
4) The Duke of Wellington, kidnapped!: the incredible true story of the art heist that shocked a nation
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In 1961, a thief broke into the National Gallery in London and committed the most sensational art heist in British history. He stole the museum's much prized painting, The Duke of Wellington by Francisco Goya. Despite unprecedented international attention and an unflagging investigation, the case was not solved for four years, and even then, only because the culprit came forward voluntarily. Kempton Bunton, an elderly gentleman, claimed he executed...
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